Absolutely one of my favorite places in town. Delicious anytime of day, but their happy hour is awesome (4-6pm weekdays). Perfect place to eat, drink and be merry. Steak & Lobster sushi roll and a lychee martini are def worth trying!
Very nice izakaya, atmosphere makes you feel like you’re in Japan. Quality of food was mostly good. Best dish imo was the hamachi carpaccio. Very thin sliced and melt in your mouth hamachi - Umai! The Doraku salmon and crispy eel roll was great. The wagyu beef fried rice which is cooked at your table was good (a little bland, could use just a little more seasoning to kick it up a notch). Inaka yakisoba was good. Ordered It with Jidori chicken. This is the first time I’ve tried Jidori chicken which (from what I’ve read on the internet) is fresh free range chicken brought in from California. I would have liked a little more seasoning on the chicken, but may be that’s a no no for Jidori chicken (like pouring A-1 on my ribeye?). Although the Jidori chicken ginger karaage was well seasoned, crispy, and had lots of flavor.. The garlic teriyaki Edamame was very ono! Was so good we ordered a second round. Negitoro don could have used ahi that was more fresh. It was great that it was served with sushi rice, though. Yuzu lemonade was pretty good - a little more yuzu would have made it perfect. Spicy tuna crispy rice - not recommended - rice was too crispy (some of the rice was too hard.). The king oyster mushroom was was tasty and tender. Overall, Doraku at Kakaako was great - nice atmosphere and good food. A good place to hang out and celebrate an occasion or relax after work.
Walked in without reservation. Cool interior , staff was friendly. Food was delightful!
I had the best experience here in Friday 5/20/22. Had a reservation to meet my old coworkers. I walked in with my service dog and was greeted by an amazing mgr. named Mina. She said she had an area reserved for me & walked me to the most perfect area of the restaurant inside private area in the front. She made me feel like she cared about comfort and a big enough area for my party. We also had the most amazing, wonderful, patient, attentative server Kim, who absolutely blew our minds how quick and accurate she was! One of the best servers we've come across, 5 stars. She went above and beyond. It made the night special for all of us. Perfect food, perfect drinks, happy hr was fantastic to catch & the ambiance was awesome. We couldn't ask for anything better. Our favorite restaurant now, and we've been to many. I can't wait to come back. Thank you Mina and Kim ????
Delicious Asian food, fresh fish and very taste! Wonderful place to celebrate, a little price the portion is not so big, but is worth for the price.
Not a bad place for lunch. Only if you choose a veranda. Inside the restaurant, there was a whirling smell of owl sauce. Unaccustomed to the smell of a cat tray. PS: two stars for the freshness of the fish. But I probably won't come back here anymore... I won't recommend it to anyone either, so as not to spoil karma.
Delicious food, great and friendly service!
I ordered sashimi deluxe and beef tatami. Everything was fresh and delightful except uni. Once I chew that one, I was gagging. I believe it wasn’t fresh one. Other than that, it was good.
Food was good but we have a little creature in our wall… place and food was so nice but with little creatures roaming around the wall and who knows where are the others… just ruin everything
Great sushi. Awesome service. Lovely atmosphere. Outdoor patio seating too.